MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7917
Motherboard	MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '16 at 00:55
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 234 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 444 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 136GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 93 59213863 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1782 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 894585996 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34563 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1700 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 53 622788645 (C2) HDA temperature 37 47 68719476773 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 85 58 237442736 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	44.7% Average	Read 83.6 Write 72.1 Mixed 72.7 57% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.31 82% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 54%
WD WD1200JD-00HBC0 120GB 1,007 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 106GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 161 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14469 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25597 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5650 (C2) HDA temperature 114 93 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 118 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	28.8% Poor	Read 53.6 Write 46.5 Mixed 47.7 37% 49.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.36 88% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 32%
Seagate ST3160828AS 160GB 887 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 106GB free Firmware: 8.03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 61 45 35483572 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3289 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 582901340 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26067 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2554 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 51539607583 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 45 35483572 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	18.8% Very poor	Read 32.4 Write 32.8 Mixed 30.4 24% 31.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.29 73% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 32%
Maxtor 6B250S0 251GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: BANC1B70 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 175 171 21811 (04) Start/Stop count 253 253 1918 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 247 231 38623 (09) Power-on hours count 170 170 31127 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 249 249 1903 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 40 253 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 7329 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 239 239 174 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0	24.4% Poor	Read 41.4 Write 42.4 Mixed 34.2 30% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 3.78 4K Mixed 0.28 114% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: MSI Z97 GAMING 5 (MS-7917)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3,379x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,662x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	457x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1,240x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	559x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	405x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	414x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	305x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	376x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	205x

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Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16